The ubiquitous nature of computing today has made cybersecurity one of the top priority challenge to deal with. It is now imperative that the future generation of programmers adopt the habit of secure coding early on. This talk first summarizes some of the common tactics of malware injection and associated exploits seen in the wild, and a few simple yet effective code hardening practices recommended by software professionals. A backward course and curriculum design strategy is then advocated for programming courses so as to prepare students with a secure coding mindset. Amiya Bhattacharya is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary. He received his Ph.D. from University of Texas at Arlington, M.S. from University of California, San Diego, and B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur -- all in Computer Science and Engineering. His interests include Pervasive Computing, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Data Compression and indexing, Applied Information Theory and Computer Science Education.
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Engineering: Computer Science
Speaker(s)
Amiya Bhattacharya Ph.D.
Audience
All ( Open to the public )